One drawback of drug treatment in cancer is that it may cause neurological syndromes. This book examines how such syndromes develop and their diagnosis, as well as the toxic and therapeutic properties of certain drugs.

Inhalt
Introduction: Purposes and Plan.- The Blood-Brain Barrier: Morphology, Physiology and its Changes in Cancer Patients.- Mechanisms of Neurotoxicity and Experimental Models.- Neurotoxicity of Combined Radiation and Chemotherapy.- Acute Encephalopathy and Seizures.- Chronic Encephalopathies.- Cerebellar Disorders.- Acute Meningeal Reaction.- Acute Meningospinal Syndromes: Acute Myelopathy and Radiculopathy.- Peripheral Neuropathy.